State v. Michael Anthony Lock, 2012 WI App 99 (recommended for publication); case activity Other-Acts Evidence Lock was tried and convicted for homicide, kidnapping and possession with intent to deliver. The State elicited testimony from numerous witnesses to the effect that Lock headed a vast criminal enterprise, of which these crimes were a part in… Read more
2. Evidentiary decision
State v. Randy L. Martin, 2012 WI 96, reversing unpublished decision; case activity Miranda – “Custodial Interrogation” Martin was arrested for disorderly conduct and handcuffed at the scene of an otherwise unrelated incident (¶6, id. n. 6). Search of his car yielded a gun. When an officer asked him, Martin denied ownership. The officer then prepared to arrest Henry… Read more
on review of unpublished opinion; for Lemoine: Donna L. Hintze, Katie R. York, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity Involuntary Statement – Coercion Issue (composed by On Point): Whether Lemoine’s in-custody statement was involuntary given the following police tactics: promising that in exchange for the “true story” he would not go to jail that night; telling him that… Read more
State v. Joshua P. O’Keefe, 2010AP2898-CR, District 4, 10/13/11 court of appeals decision (1-judge, not for publication); for O’Keefe: Steven D. Grunder, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity ¶7 O’Keefe contends that the circuit court erred in admitting the testimony of Bannach and Wanta in which they read to the jury the “Diagnosis” portion of the medical… Read more
State v. Dennis D. Lemoine, 2010AP2597-CR, District 4, 9/15/11 court of appeals decision (not recommended for publication); for Lemoine: Donna L. Hintze, Katie R. York, SPD, Madison Appellate; case activity; supreme court review granted, 1/25/12 ¶18 We agree with the trial court that the balance of the defendant’s personal characteristics against the tactics used by the… Read more
7th circuit decision Habeas Review – Inadmissible Evidence – Harmless Error Error in jury exposure, during deliberations, to inadmissible police report deemed harmless where the report contained merely cumulative information, the trial court gave a curative instruction, and the evidence against Brown was overwhelming. The standard on direct appeal for measuring reversible error is the… Read more
State v. Jimmie Lee Higgins, 2010AP861-CR, District 1, 2/1/11 court of appeals decision (3-judge, not recommended for publication); for Higgins: Ellen Henak, SPD, Milwaukee Appellate; case activity; Higgins BiC; State Resp.; Reply Any error with respect to exclusion of the victim’s pretrial statement to the police in one instance, and admissibility of her statements to… Read more
State v. Marlon M. Anderson, 2010AP742-CR, District 1/4, 12/9/10 court of appeals decision (3-judge, not recommended for publication); for Anderson: Angela Conrad Kachelski; Anderson BiC; State Resp. A defendant’s statement made voluntarily but in violation of Miranda isn’t admissible in the State’s case-in-chief, but is admissible if the defendant testifies and the statement is inconsistent with… Read more
